Gamble | Mean of gamble in English Dictionary

/ˈgæmbəl/

• Verb
• to play a game in which you can win or lose money or possessions
1. I like to gamble.
2. He's been drinking and gambling heavily.
3. gambling at cards
4. She likes to gamble on football games.
• to risk losing (an amount of money) in a game or bet
1. He would often gamble hundreds of dollars on a hand of poker.
• to risk losing (something valuable or important) in order to do or achieve something
1. She gambled [=risked] everything she owned to start the business.
2. The company is gambling [=betting, risking] everything on this strategy.

• to do something that could have the good result that you want or a bad result that you cannot control
1. The mayor is gambling with the city's future.
2. people who lost money gambling in the stock market
3. Many people are willing to gamble on the new treatment. [=are willing to try the new treatment because they hope it will help them]
4. The mayor is gambling that the new policies will help rather than hurt the city.
• to lose (something, such as money) by gambling
1. She gambled away her inheritance.
2. gambling away the city's future
• Noun
• something that could produce a desired result or a bad or unpleasant result
1. Starting her own business was a gamble, but it paid off.
2. She thought about starting her own business, but she decided it was too much of a gamble.
3. He was taking a (big) gamble. [=doing something that could produce a (very) bad or unpleasant result]
4. Many people are willing to take a gamble on the new treatment. [=to try the new treatment]